[Observations on documentation and recording of audiometry results]

The article deals with various aims of documentation of results in audiometry and the influence of audiometer design on the outcome or execution of documentation and graphical representations. Recorded data should always be complete and unequivocal in respect of the intended aims. Didactic purposes and proof of plausibility may require more data than just the final results. External users of audiograms may require additional legends. Documentation by computer can be only as variable as the scope of the equipment permits. It seems that at the present time manual recording still has its merits.